September 2007/ ISSUE 69

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Questioning Every Value
That You Hold
by Greg Mackie

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Questioning Every Value That You Hold

Why the Circle Teaches the Way It Does
by Greg Mackie

At the Circle, weve had many Course students who have been drawn
to our teaching approach and have benefited from it. Yet at times, weve
also gotten the impression that at least for some, our teaching can be a bit
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easier to just do the positive thinking thing. Yet, we simply cant do that,
because we believe A Course in Miracles itself really requires a more challenging approach. In short,
we teach the way we do because we are trying to emulate the way we believe the Course itself teaches.
The Course is not a feel good teaching that gives us comfort through repackaging old, familiar truths.
Rather, its a radical teaching that often produces discomfort through confronting and replacing our old,
familiar truths with a whole new way of seeing. In a passage that inspired the title of this article, the
Course says, To learn this course requires willingness to question every value that you hold (T-24.
In.2:1). This questioning process and the new vision it brings is what we aim to facilitate at the Circle.
In this article, I want to explain the rationale for our teaching approach, and why we believe the discomfort it can certainly produce in the short term can lead ultimately to joyful liberation. I will present
the conventional way people do things and contrast it with I believe is the Courses way, the way we try
to emulate. Before I begin, though, a disclaimer. This article will critique the way Course students often
approach the Course, and I want to make clear that Im not exempting myself from this critique. On the
contrary, though I do my best to embrace and teach the Courses world-shattering way, Im as vulnerable to the temptation of falling back on the tried and true as anyone. Im so familiar with the Course
that its easy for me to lose sight of its radical edge: Oh yeah, Ive read that a million times. I have to
make an conscious effort to set aside my sleepy routine and let the Course surprise me, challenge me,
refute me, and transform me.
I dont think any of us fully appreciates just how stark a challenge the Course presents to our ordinary way of seeing and living. Hopefully, this article will help you appreciate anew both the challenge
of the Course and the promise taking this challenge holds out to us.

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The conventional way: We seek comfort by fitting new ideas into our conventional wisdom, which keeps
our conventional wisdom firmly in place
Its human nature to seek comfort in time-honored truthswhat historical Jesus scholar Marcus Borg calls
conventional wisdom. Conventional wisdom is the set of beliefs and ideas that everybody knows, beliefs
so ingrained that they are taken for granted. It takes a variety of forms. There is the broad conventional wisdom that the vast majority of human beings accept: We are bodies, the earth is our home, we must look out for
number one to survive, physical pleasure is desirable, death is everyones lot, were the good guys and those
other people are the bad guys, we can be unfairly treated, the innocent should be rewarded and the guilty punished, etc.
Then there is the narrower conventional wisdom of particular in-groups, which varies greatly from group
to group but is taken for granted within the group. For example, in the fundamentalist Christian group, everyone knows that evolution is a Satanic deception meant to undermine Christian faith. Whatever form it takes,
conventional wisdom is comforting because it gives us a stable framework from which to view life, a community of like-minded people to support us, and a program to follow in order to live the good life. Everyone
knows what the basic truths are; our goal is simply to align ourselves with them so we can be successful in
life.
Spiritual paths often arise as alternatives to conventional wisdom, new ways that subvert the accepted
norms. However, given the comfort of conventional wisdom, spiritual paths that start out as bold alternatives
to the system are usually watered down and domesticated until they become representatives of the system.
A great example is Christianity, where the subversive alternative wisdom of Jesus with its indictment of the
powers that be became the instrument of those very powers, once it became the religion of the Empire. The
founders of such alternative paths continue to be revered, but only in sanitized form; as was written of Martin
Luther King Jr., Now that he is safely dead, let us praise him. As a result, our religions become simply
another version of conventional wisdom. Within each of them, the message is something like this: Everyone
(at least within our group) knows the great spiritual truths; the goal now is simply to connect with those truths
and embody them so we can have a better life.
A Course in Miracles is the ultimate in unconventional wisdom. However, it seems to me that weve done
much the same thing with it as human beings have done with spiritual paths through the ages: watered it down
and domesticated it to the point where it has become yet another form of conventional wisdom. In particular, the Course is frequently filtered through the in-group conventional wisdom of New Age beliefs. As much
variety as we find in the New Age, theres a whole list of basic principles within it that virtually everyone in
the community knows: the earth is our Mother, celebrate the body, hierarchy is always bad, get out of your
head and into your heart, dont should on yourself, everythings perfect, etc. I see New Age principles that
are contrary to the Course imported into it on a regular basis. One form of this I see frequently is the statement
that the Course is just like _________ [fill in your favorite spiritual teaching]a statement that seems to be
shorthand for The Course is just like what I already believe.
Moreover, Course students have their own version of in-group conventional wisdom. Over the years, the
Course community has developed a large body of what we at the Circle call Course lore. I think some of it
is accurate (the world is an illusion, forgiveness is the Courses central teaching, etc.) and some of it is inaccurate (the holy relationship takes just one, God doesnt know were here, etc.) While we Course students like
to think of ourselves as cutting edge, we too seek the comfort of conventional wisdom. There are all sorts of
things that every Course student just knows, whether they are true to the Course or not.
Im not saying that theres absolutely nothing worthwhile or true within the various versions of conventional wisdom. Unconventional wisdom can be found within religions (like the provocative sayings of Jesus
preserved in the gospels), the New Age has elements in it that I believe are true, and Course students are quite
right when they say things like forgiveness is the Courses central teaching. The problem I see is that given
our human tendencies, its all too easy for us to do exactly what Christianity did: wedge radical new ideas into
our conventional wisdom, thus robbing them of their transformative power. When we do this with the Course,
it simply becomes another confirmation of what we already believe, another way of packaging those familiar

truths so we can connect with them more deeply and live our version of the conventional good life.
In short, we get to stay comfortable. We get to sit around with our like-minded Course friends and agree
that everybody knows these things, but we dont have to really change our minds. We can say things like
the world is an illusion and watch our friends nod in approval, but meanwhile our lives go on pretty much
as before, marching to the beat of the same old drummer. The end result, I believe, is a Course version of what
G.K. Chesterton once said of Christianity: The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has
been found difficult and left untried. Through seeking the comfort of a Course version of conventional wisdom, the radical unconventional wisdom of the Course has largely been left untried.
The Courses way: It induces temporary discomfort by contrasting our conventional wisdom with its
unconventional wisdom, so our conventional wisdom can be shined away
The Course doesnt offer us yet another way to affirm time-honored truths. Instead, like those strands of
unconventional wisdom that survive in our largely domesticated religious traditions, it aims to take conventional wisdom of both broad and in-group varieties and blow it out of the water. In its view, our most cherished beliefs are dark and painful illusions that obscure Gods light-filled truth; their darkness must be faced
squarely and let go for Gods light to dawn on our minds.
Its hard to overstate just how utterly out of touch with reality the Course regards our current perception of
things. We already saw that to learn this course requires willingness to question every value that you hold.
The Course is constantly telling us in one form or another, You are wrong (T-5.V.6:14). The introduction to
the Workbook says that its aim is to train your mind in a systematic way to a different perception of everyone
and everything in the world (W-In.4:1, my emphasis). Acknowledging the utterly upside-down nature of our
current way of seeing is the necessary foundation for learning the Course: You do not know the meaning of
anything you perceive. Not one thought you hold is wholly true. The recognition of this is your firm beginning (T-11.VIII.3:1-3).
But the Course doesnt just tell us how dark and misguided our current views are; it is constantly contrasting them with the light of Gods alternative. We are told that contrast and differences are necessary teaching
aids, for by them you learn what to avoid and what to seek (T-13.XI.6:3). We must see both how miserable
our conventional truths have made us and how happy the Courses alternatives are in comparison: The
Holy Spirit cannot teach without this contrast, for you believe that misery is happiness (T-14.II.1:3). Given
the need for this contrast, the Courses primary teaching method is to constantly bring it to our awareness.
Every section, lesson, and paragraph explicitly or implicitly (and sometimes quite subtly) contrasts a common
view of ours that is bringing us misery with a Course alternative that will free us from misery. This is the key
to the Courses transformative power.
Lets look at an example of this method in action. Workbook Lesson 93 begins by giving us a devastating
description of our current view of ourselves:
You think you are the home of evil, darkness and sin. You think if anyone could see the truth
about you he would be repelled, recoiling from you as if from a poisonous snake. You think if what
is true about you were revealed to you, you would be struck with horror so intense that you would
rush to death by your own hand, living on after seeing this being impossible. (W-pI.93.1:1-3)
This paragraph immediately brings up objections in most of us: Surely, I dont believe that! Yet if we
think about it, our conventional wisdom does say that human beings are flawed by nature; it is a truism that
nobodys perfect. We do feel guilty for our self-serving acts, and try to atone for our guilt in all sorts of
ways. We call slippery people snakes. We call people like Hitler and Osama bin Laden evil. Traditional
Christianity, a basic pillar of our culture, says that everyone is a sinner. Weve all felt low self-esteem,
sometimes to the point of self-loathing, and we all know that this can lead some people to commit suicide.
This paragraph, then, is not telling us something totally foreign to our experience; it is simply saying that
our feelings of unworthiness and corruption go far deeper than we imagine. If we really engage with what this
is saying, it challenges us to contemplate some unpleasant possibilities. Does my conventional view of myself

as a flawed human being really go this deep? Do I really think Im full of evil, darkness, and sin? Do I think
Im as evil as Hitler (or even worse)? Do I really despise myself this much? Am I really afraid that I would
do myself in if I saw my true nature? Can I get in touch with the thoughts and feelings this paragraph claims I
have?
This dark view of ourselves is then contrasted with the Courses bright alternative:
Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God. Over and over this must be repeated, until it is accepted.
It is true. Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God. Nothing can touch it, or change what God created
as eternal. The self you made, evil and full of sin, is meaningless. Your sinlessness is guaranteed
by God, and light and joy and peace abide in you. (W-pI.93.6:1-7)
What a contrast! After that first paragraph, it is a blessed relief to be told that our sinlessness is guaranteed
by God and light and joy and peace abide in us. Yet if we really engage with what this paragraph is saying,
it brings its own challenging questions. How can this be true, given all the rotten things Ive done? Isnt it
arrogant to believe I am totally sinless? Thats the sin of pride, isnt it? Wont this belief give me license to
run amok and justify my attacks by saying, Hey, Im sinless? It just sounds too good to be true. Oh, but how
wonderful it would be if this really were true. Can I take this in? Can I accept the possibility that in spite of
all I think Ive done, I really am sinless, and underneath my feelings of self-loathing, I am filled with light and
joy and peace?
If we really engage both the dark side and the light side of this contrast, we put ourselves in an ideal position to benefit from the practice the Course gives us for this lesson. If what these paragraphs are saying is true,
then our current view is totally wrongheaded and is unnecessarily causing us great pain, while the Courses
alternative promises joyous liberation from that pain. What have we got to lose? We now have all the incentive we need to do the lessons five-minutes-per-hour practice periods, in which we essentially try the Courses
alternative on for size. We have every reason to try to set aside the tiny idols of evil and sinfulness you have
made (W-pI.93.9:5) and experience the light and joy and peace that God has given you, in place of what you
have decreed for yourself (W-pI.93.8:4). To the degree that we are successful, we will come to recognize that
the view we have of ourselves is false, and the Courses view is true. This will bring about a profound transformation of our minds that will make us happy. How could it not?
This lesson illustrates a vital point: To really get the full transformative impact the Course wants us to get,
we need to face the contrast. We need to look at our current perception without blinders, place the Courses
alternative alongside that perception, and come to terms with how profoundly different the two are, both in
what they claim and in their experiential results. Our tendency is to find ways to wriggle out of this by softening the contrast. Sometimes we soften it by saying that the Courses alternative is really what we already
believe. Or we soften it by turning away from the darkness on our side and just reveling in the Courses bright
side. But to get the most out of the Course, we need to avoid both of these tendencies. Just as in exercise people say feel the burn, so in working with the Course, we need to say feel the contrast.
Of course, just like feeling the burn during a workout, feeling the contrast in our work with the Course
is not particularly comfortable. It robs us of the comfort of our conventional wisdom. None of us likes to be
told that were totally wrong and the truths that have sustained us for years are all wet. Having your worldview turned completely upside down is not going to be a bed of roses. Why would we expect it to be?
The Course itself acknowledges that discomfort is part of its process. It speaks of experiencing periods of
discomfort (T-20.VII.2:1), disorientation (T-16.VI.8:5), undoing (M-4.I(A).3:1), and unsettling (M-4.I(A).7:1).
It says that certain stages of the spiritual journey are always somewhat difficult (M-4.I(A).4:2), and can
engender enormous conflict (M-4.I(A).5:2). It tells us that when we contrast our new spiritual goal with our
old entrenched patterns, we are inevitably appalled (T-17.V.5:6). It says that learning how to let go of our
perceptions of the world so God can replace them with truth can be quite difficult and even quite painful
(W-pI.14.3:2). In sum: Undermining the egos thought system must be perceived as painful, even though this
is anything but true (T-4.II.5:1). The Courses path of undoing our conventional wisdom is ultimately one of
joy, but our resistance makes discomfort and sometimes even acute pain on the journey virtually inevitable.
Of course, Im not saying that the journey is nothing but pain and discomfort. On the contrary, theres lots

of joy along the way. My life since I began the Course is so much more joyful than the life I had before that
nothing could induce me to go back to my old ways. Moreover, the Course stresses that the discomfort it
sometimes engenders is temporary, and serves only to facilitate the correction process that will end discomfort: Discomfort is aroused only to bring the need for correction into awareness (T-2.V.7:8). Its like an intervention for an alcoholic: We wont seek help until we see clearly what a complete train wreck weve made of
our lives with our current way of doing things.
There is a paradox in the Courses teaching method that can be expressed in a version of what has been said
to be the goal of religion: to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. This phrase is usually taken to
mean that religion should comfort the suffering of the worlds victims and afflict the consciences of the victimizers. In my version, though, the comfortable and the afflicted are both us. With this in mind, the goal
of the Course is to temporarily afflict the comfortable in order to comfort the afflicted. In other words, the
Course afflicts our comfort by showing us how dark and wrong and painful our conventional wisdom really
is, in order to comfort our affliction by giving us the unconventional wisdom that will bring us joy. This is the
Courses way.
The Circles teaching method: We do our best to emulate the Courses way
As you can see, the Course is light years removed from the feel good platitudes that so often pass for
spiritual teaching. Yes, the Course ultimately wants us to feel very good indeed, but its way to that goal takes
us through a challenging collision between our conventional ways of thinking and the Courses better way.
This is how we try to teach at the Circle: We constantly contrast conventional views with the Courses view, in
an attempt to facilitate the transformation the Course is trying to bring about. Now of course, Im not saying
that we do this anything close to perfectly. Like everyone else, we ourselves are resistant to the Courses challenge, and can easily dull the Courses sharp edge with our own version of conventional wisdom. But we do
try to teach as the Course does to the best of our ability, given our human limitations.
Reactions to this vary quite a bit. Some people really get into the spirit of what were trying to do; they
make a heartfelt effort to challenge their own views and let the Course correct those views. But we also see
other reactions. Some praise what we do, but dont seem to really engage in the process of facing the contrast
between what they believe and what the Course teaches. Others respond with blank staresI can recall more
than one awkward silence in a class. Still others assume that what were saying must be incorrect, even when
we have solid evidence from the Course to support it. Newcomers especially (though certainly not all of them)
frequently seem to be mystified by what we are doing. Why do we talk about all that dark stuff so much?
These observations arent intended to pass judgment on anyone. Rather, they are simply meant to invite us
all to consider how we walk the path of the Course. Do we just use it to reinforce those comfortable beliefs
we already have, thus cementing our current worldview in place and thwarting the fundamental change of
mind the Course is attempting to bring about? Or do we really make the effort to come to terms with what the
Course is telling us: unflinchingly bringing our beliefs to it for evaluation, facing the contrast between its way
and our way of seeing, admitting it when were wrong, and thus letting the Course do its transformative work
in us?
Letting the Course do its work on us can certainly arouse discomfort, but this discomfort can actually be
exhilarating if we bring the right attitude to it. If we constantly remind ourselves that holding on to our conventional wisdom is painful while accepting the Courses unconventional wisdom is joyful, we can relish the
process. We can celebrate when we find out we are wrong. We can rejoice when yet another sacred cow of
ours is slaughtered. For each time this happens, we move one step closer to the joyous promise of liberation
the Course holds out to all who are willing to question every value that they hold.
E-mail your comments to the author at: greg@circleofa.org

Greg Mackie is the author of How Can We Forgive Murderers? And Other Answers to Questions about A Course in Miracles. He
has been a student of A Course in Miracles since 1991, and a teacher for the Circle of Atonement since 1999. He writes Course
Q & As and a popular blog on the Circle of Atonement's website, and teaches the Circle's weekday Workbook class in Sedona,
Arizona (along with Robert Perry). He sees his primary function as helping to develop a tradition of Course scholarship.

RECENT WEB SITE POSTINGS

Many of you know this, but for those who dont, we post new material on the web site every week. Here are
some of the articles we have recently posted:
Darren Main Interviews Robert Perry. Darren Main is a well-known yoga and meditation instructor and
author in the Bay Area. Three interviews, entitled Understanding 'A Course in Miracles, can be found at
Darren's website at: http://darrenmain.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=240835
The World as a Dream Read more. Sacred Tenets of Egoic Relationship Read more. Who Was
Jesus? Read more. by Robert Perry. A Course in Cause and Not Effect by Allen Watson. Read more.
Blog: Greg Mackies most recent blog entry is Trust all things to Him. Read more.
Course Meets World Commentary by Greg Mackie. Greg has recently posted the following commentaries
relating A Course in Miracles to a topic in the news: All My Relations; The Atheist and the Martyr; and
Freedom is Free; Give 'Til It Feels Good; Forgiving Doctor Mengele; Are Psychic Abilities Real?;
Apocalypse 2012; Mother Antonia: The Prison Angel; Is Hierarchy Really Such a Bad Thing?; Are
Little Children Really Egoless?; The Agony of Mother Teresa; Are We Living in a Virtual Reality;
Immacule Ilibagiza: Forgiving the Rwandan Holocaust. Read more.
Questions and Answers by Robert Perry and Greg Mackie. Robert and Greg posted answers to several
questions recently: What is the relationship between fear and hate?; How do we reconcile our unique, individual "special function" with the Course's contention that there is no unique individuality?; Why does the
Course never mention Jesus' mother?; I cannot be unfairly treated?; Sex; Should We Read the Gospel of
Thomas?; How Do I Know the Course Is True?; Did Jesus really dictate A Course in Miracles to Helen?;
and Do we forgive because people are doing their best? Read more.

WHAT WE'RE READING

Greg Mackie:

Excavating Q: The History and Setting of the Sayings Gospel by John S. Kloppenborg Verbin.
This is a comprehensive examination of scholarly research on Q, the hypothetical document that modern
Jesus scholars posit as a source for material that is in the gospels of Matthew and Luke but not in Mark. Though
it is a difficult read for non-Jesus scholars like me (the references to the original Greek rendered in the Greek
alphabet are, well, all Greek to me), Im able to follow along well enough to find it fascinating. Im especially
enjoying this book as a window into how modern Jesus scholars do their work.

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Since the workshop and now that I am reading Path of Light, I am experiencing real change! And
I am excited about the Course again!
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5- What Are Decisions For? Deciding with the Holy Spirit
6- What Is God For? How to Meditate
7- What Are Relationships For? Forgiveness
8- What Is Behavior For? As You Teach So Shall You Learn
9- What Am I Here For? Taking Your Place Among the Saviors of the World
10- What Is the Course For? Finding and Committing to Your Path of Light